Braiding-machine.



PATENTED MAR. 131906. H. W. LARSSON. BRAIDING MACHINE. APPLIOAiLIoN FILED SEPT. 1o. 1903.

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BRAIDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10. 1903.

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PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

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HENRY W. LARSSON, F SPRINGFELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed nieren is, iaoeo Application filed September 10, 1903. Serial No. 172,635.y

To cir/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that l, HENRY W. LAnssoN, a citizen of the United States of America, and

a resident of Springfield, in thev county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Branding-Machines, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

vThis invention relates to improvements in braiding-machines of a type in which there are two sets of bobbins and carriers therefor revolved in oppositevdirections and a threadguidc for alternately moving the thread 'from one set of bobbins to opposite sides ot the threads running from the other set ol bobbins, whereby the proper disposition of the threadslor laying them in 'for plaiting or braiding is accomplished.

The objects of this invention are to nroduce a braiding-machine ot a simplified c -araoter susceptible oi being constructed on approved mechanical principles, one in which there is necessary but a minimum of parte, and which in operation is almost noiseless, because ol2 the easv motions produced therein, and one in which a maximum number ot hobbins and correspondingly-increased amount of thread may be carried at an unusually high speed, whereby the productiveness oi the machine is unusually large.

The invention consists in constructions and organizations ot parts, all substantially as hereinai ter fully described, and forth in the claims.

The improved braiding-machine is illustrated in the accornpanyingjT drawings, in which- Figure l is a central vertical sectional view of the complete machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view ot the under side ot one oi the individual devices comprised in the machine, hereinafter more particularly referred to. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine as seen below. the annular cap, certain parts being broken away to disclose positively certain ot the details of construction. F 4 is a horizontal sectional view as taken on the line 4 Ll, Fig, l, showing, mostly in plan view, the parts below such 4plane of section. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view, on a very much enlarged scale, of the operating mechanism for one of the duplicated thread-carriers, Fig. 6 being a front elevation of the same as seen at right angles thereto.

l i l l l i l l Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding,` parts in all ot the views.

` ln the drawings, A represents a standard ot circular form constructed hollow having concentrically at its upper end a tubular extension o, fitted on which is a sleeve or bushing l ,which constitutes the-hub for a spur gearwheel c and having 'formed on or attached to it a large spur gear-wheel d.

B may be termed the "'powelr-shaht,J the 6 same being vertically Viournaled within ti e standard A, having at its upper end .a spurpinion f, which meshes into lthe aforementioned spur gear-wheel c, and having 'fixed thereon next thereunder slightly-smaller vo spur-pinion which through an intermediate spur-'pinion g? has a driving engagement with an internal gear-wheel it, located within a cup-shaped portion oi" an annular hotly D, which is iitted and supported for rotation 75 about and upon the cylindrical standard the latter havin;y the supper said annular body. A' power-strait it is provi. lO, ineshin .into whl carried the dri,

L) e `tor holders lor tf and vfor movaoie guides or ce threads of such hohhins l mechanisms which respecti successive inward and o i ments to said carriers d'.

ln the outer portion oi' the upper entremity oi the annular bodyr ift-which, shown, is of a double-step form, is an upwardly-opening annular channel or racewa;T H', in which are closely 'titted `for sliding movements the blocks i i, which constitute the bases ot the carriers L tor the second set -o't hobbins 2, this latter set therefore, as seen, being arranged vtor revolnble motions at an upper roo part of the ina-chine, while the aforementioned set of bobbins l, carried by the rotatable annular body il, aredisposed in a considerably lower plane.

Each of the blocks or bases i, of the bobbincarriers ll, which is ot arc shape 'to conform to the `annular ra'cewajf ll therefor, is provided with inwardly-disposed rack-teeth j, inwardly and concer trically disposed within which and rotatable in a common horizontal i ro '15o t-he upper set of bobbins.

plane are a series of spurinions m m, the axis shafts or studs there or and on which they are aiiixed having vertical ournal-bearf y ings through the upper and outwardly-flan ed portion of the annular body D, next wit 'n the rack-'toothed loObbn-carer bases, and all'of the said pinions m are in constant mesh with the aforementioned comparatively large spur gear-wheel d, which, as shown and may 'xo be `discerned from ,its driving ,connections i 5 will be caused to move, following each other .around'ina Jhorizontal circular path in a reversed direction to that of the movement ofA said annular body-that is-to say, when the machinev is running the lower set ofbobbins 1 2o` will have their 4 revoluble movements in la i j circular path in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 4,- while theupper set of bobbins 2 will have their -revolub'le movements in the circular path in the direction ofthe outer arrow z5 shownoniig. 3. Y

. The sets o equally-spaced pinions m m are in such proxinut and the relative lengths of the racks'j on t e bobbin-carriers are such -that suchracks 'Will never be out of engagement with some pair oi the pinions m.

upper and lower sets of bobbins are, iii-' the machines as lll'have designed it and as it is here shown, of about equal diameter. Supported as an ext'ension'oi the u standing tubular portion a of the cylindrica standard is a tubular neck 7c, having an annular flange lez marginally upwardly rounded',-as indicated at lcs, overwhich all of the threads from both sets of bobbins 1 and 2 pass and are vconvergentlyinwardly continued to the axial ,center of the machine, where they constitute the plaiting or braiding, such threads under the operation of the machine alternately 4'5 crossing each other at the outer smooth surface of this'part 1c c2 lc, which may be termed the cap.. As shown, the periphery 'oi' the 'thread-supportingcap is in substantial vertical alinement with thel path of movement of By this construction all oi' the threads have a common support 'concentric to the point ,where the braid is formed. Hence that-portion of the `thread which'liesbetween the edge or periphery of 5-'5 the cap and the braiding-point remains in the same plane, regardless of the movement oi the thread-carriers, thus insuring 4an even braiding. Furthermore, the thread between the cap and the bobbins extends substantially vertically, that from 'thethread-carriers varying but slightly from thisposi'tion, sothat but a minimumquantity of the thread ismaintained unsupported, espcialiy as the cap' hes inv proximity to the bo ins, thereb forming a sharp angle between the thre'a s per end a spurinion r.

' videdat itsv lower end with a small pinion u,

The orbitsorpaths of movements of the,

e outward and then an inward swinging move- 'simu -Y when the thread-carriers are in their extremes of movement to prevent any liability of a tangle formin .v f

Fixtures oi' braets n are secured at regularly-spaced intervals on the under side of 7o the base-Han e 16 of the rotatablebody D to v have revolube movements in unison with the said body D, each said fixture having in the under portion thereof av -radially-alined slidewayo, movable in whichis a slide block y7 5 or bar s, having at opposite ortionsin the length thereofl the roller-stuv s t i, between'. wluch is located and against which operates the' cam p, which is affixed-at'the lowerend of' a short shaft which is vertically jour-y 8o naled through t e central `portion of the bracket or fixture n and has. affixed atits up- The axis-shaV t m2 ,of every other-one ci the regularly-spaced pinionsm at the upper p'art 8 5` ofthe machine, driven by the large spur-gear d and which vdrive around the-rack-toothed bobbincarriers L, is downwardly extended through a journal-boss 20 therefor and is pro- 9 which meshes into the pinion r on the cam- 'carrying shaft q, so that the travel-impartin means for the uppe'r set of bobbinsis utilize as the means for rotating the series of threadcanicr-actuating-cams p, which are revolublyy carried in conjunction with the set ofv bobbins 1, and the rotation-'of each cam imparting inward and outward ,radial movements to the slide s secures, therefore, irst an ment to the thread-carrier J, which is seen to bepivoted at 22 at its lower end to the slide e, and by link 23 pivotally connected a short'distance above the pivot 22 to an ear of the bracket. or :fixture n, the considerable length of. the straight upwardly-extended portion of the thread-carrier bemg tubular, as shown in Fi s. 5 and 6, and has free pla of movement in s ots 'v in the upper outwar lyflanged' portion of the annular body D, in 11o which the annular racewa H for thev upper set of bobbin-carriers is ormed, said slots transversely intersectin said raceway at regularl -spaced interva s, as clearly shown.

The raiding-machine -will be usually 115 equipped with a number of bobbins 2 and bobbin-carriers therefor (arranged for revolution in the upper lane) equalto the number of' bobbinsv 1, bobbin-earriers therefor revoluble with the annular carrier in the reizo verse direction to thel circular line of mot-ion of the bobbins 2 and equal in 'number to the thread-carriers which respectivel Vvpertain to the bobbins 1*, revolve in unison t erewith, and have independent radial reci rocatory 12 5 swin ng movements, thev upper en s of -thelr tubu ar thread guiding` portions being, as shown, extended somewhat above the top of the annular body D. In the drawings of the machine 'which I have constructed, here 13o Ico.

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sliown, there are eight bobbins and as many of the rook-toothed bolibin-eorriers therefor tension devices here inidentelly indiesteli,

on a smell sosie oonstituting the'subject-mst ter oi' en application for Letters Potent of the United States iileci of even date herewith, un

' willi their be der Serial No. l?'2,684,') the threads from tile bobbins l ,li-einigl carried, through the tlireeei carriers J, suoli V(in the present instance teen) threads are corrieri upwnrly'to the rounded edge olf the oep sind tllenleorried oonvergently to tbe sine-eenter of themseliine and engaged Witl'i euioli other, ii e brsiied oord is to be inode,v or .with the surK ieee oi" e wliipfoobl'e or other object if the me `@bine is to be utilized for laying on e braided textile eweringc The nieeliinelbeing lthen. very speeily' drien;-ssy 'et ei 'lity turns 'e minute to the rotatable annuler wody D-the lower set of eigilit bobbins 1 snci tliresdeerriers will be rapidly' ret'olvedin e. direction towsrktlieriggglite Fig. e, in unison with seid part D, and the upper set' oi eight bobbins 2 end .the carriers therefor Will be yust es rapidly revolved to the left, Fig 3, the carriers and .bobbin's elissing each other .around in the on? nular trough-'like slideway H therefor inthe upper step-shaped portion of seid annulerbociy Dg In conjunction Withthe relative? reverse revolutions'of the bobbins the three,

carriers .l swing in proper time mitviferdlyv` end inwerdly'in lanes rsdiel to the-vertical axis oi the meelnne, the threeds'from vthe re-v speotive bobbins 'i emerging fromr the upper. ends of. their tubular portions,` the thread-.-

Carriers ell crossing from points outside of the oirele'oi arrangement of the up er set of bobbins Z to s position inside of sue oireleoi arrengeinent, tbe letter positions of .the ,seid tl'n'esdfesiriers being represented Vin Fig= i: suoli niet einents being repeated in suo'oession so longV the powa-renat'eontinues 'to be roitoteci. ilieoli een?, je; Wliielroetuetes its rea etive'tlire' i warrior, seen in Fig( mesi with l i eoneentiie portions emi two i go'itions so tb will be dwells in tlie motions oit tbe tlireocifeerrier While it in its initier its outwsrfi positions, and tlie obruyt Les oi' tlie Woriiing Viortion's are su 'that tire tln'osofosrrier Will s swung in the redis-l slot` e: i'liieli inteiseots the rseewsy for tlie fier l'xobbi Mefirriers between tlie times when suoli ser iei,d reef-,li and possingvee ses slotsY also tlie tliresriv osriiers tlie Upper set ot bobbin-oariiers, lfbins,Q will @lodge esoli other et tbe soliti slotted portions fooi tbe nnnulsr port il New, r instereej vwhen the.tllrceoairosrg u, riers il are inw emily swung; seen in Fig l,

the braiding.

-ter tlistvery little -detrimentsl weer' results vrthereirom, snel iin'elly Worn. ports may' be rightehsnd portion pertieulerly, the threads' from set of bobbins'i Will be dis osed and; under' proper tension guided Within tlie threads 'of bobbins 2, botli sets of threads leading over and impinging against the oep. New tlie Y rotations oi' tlie set of Dobbins 2 end toe bobL bins i end. thread-earners J in opposite iii-.reef tions will oai-use the respectively oppositek 'moving threads ultimately' converging 'to t e exis of the nieleliine et Wliieh the Workis done to -oross eaeli other et the rounded edge and over tlieto i of the eens all tbe eig-lit inw@ (ilyclisposee; tlireecls of? bobb'in i orossir0 'first under and tlien over the threads of boobi'ns" 2, the one set oi' threads slippingnlternntely v8o over sind Linder tlie otlier set oi.' 'three et sbout the level ce; Fig; l, slt -tlie rounded rim of the oep, and. the t converging to tlie Working exis are lsfii in" tsngentisl to tlie' l surfe-ee oi the part being overlaisi lijf' the 85 braiding, or, il' a braided-oord is being produced, tangential to the @entrai part' thereof', and. inesinuoli es tlie arrangements of the threads snai the motions u-iiientliey lieve one relatively to enotlier fit-'the working bent-er of the ineoliine are substantially' the seme; ss

heretofore produced inbreiding niaeliinery, the eetion or opera-tion ofthe inseln-ne will be undoubtedly' understood'loy ell skilled in theA srt7 and it is not deemed neeesssry to showor4 desoriltiev sny means for slowly' progressing the "i work so that the brairieol worlciifill bie 'earriefi enolwise oentrelly otlie ineoliinel'ot n rat-.f of speed proportionate to the progress of l roo Many oi iieeomtituents of' this ins-onine l ere' interelisngeeble psrts'ee able oi produc-l1 tion in large numbers et'sms l. expense.y The motions of the insoliine ere oi" suoli s olio-roe# quickly replseed The Inaoiiine is almost noiseless in its Working, end it lies been' demn onstrotefi it 'nisy De run. et en unusually high speeci for proportionetelg'f' protlue- K- tiveness Gi' course the nisoliines meg' be eonstruet'- eri with enydesireii "inlber ol bobbins in eeoli se'tybobbin -1 oerri rs, tin

devises being son i o bronii twef roule lys different j ifor one" oi tlierei'oi; ooms on son@ y oetnsted bj; the ed with tbe tsooniingl5f'- i r 51 i direction, and means for reversely revo ving the carriers for. the set of bobbins 2, a series of 'reciprocatory thread-carriers pertaining to the first set of bobbins, mounted on the annular body adjacent such bobbins, and having their upper extremities playing through said.

radial apertures o, and a cam for each threadguide rotatably mounted on and .carried by the annular body, and operable on said threadcarriers, for imparting thereto, as they revolve, their inward and outward motions.`v

' `3. In a braidin -machine, the combination rof the upper and ower sets of bobbins revolubly movable in different planes and in different directions, with a series of thread-carriers pertaining to the first set of bobbins, pivotally mounted for swinging movements in vertical planes radial to the axis ofthe machine, slides pivotally engaged yto a member of each thread-carrier and movable radially to` the axis of the machine, rotary cams for actuating said slides, and means for rotating the several cams in unison'.

4. In a braiding-machine, the combination of upper and lower sets of bobbins revolubly movable in different planes and in different directions, a circularly-movable support for the lower set of bobbins, a series of threadcarriers pertaining to the lower set of bobbins pivotally mounted on the circularlymovable support therefor, for swinging movements in vertical planes radial to the axis of the machine, said circularly-movable support having a plurality of radially-arranged slideways therein, slidesinsaid ways having oppositely-located studs and connected with said thread-carriers, cams rotatably mounted on said support, disposed between and loperable against said studs of the respective slides,

and :means for imparting the, rotary movements to said cams.

k5f The annular body havin the raceway and the radial slots v intersectmg same, and

carrying therebelow the set of bobbins 1,-

bobbin-carriers with bobbins 2; movable in said raceway reversely of the motion of'said body,'slides movable radially in ways which are formed in said body, thread-carriers pivotallyl connected to fixtures therefor on the body, and also pivotally linked to said slides at points removed from the pivotal connections to the body, the free extremities of said thread-carriers bein tubular and extended through said radial s ots v, cams respectively actuating the slides', and means for rotating' all the cams in unison;

6. In a braiding-machine, the combination of the cylindrical standard, the annular body having at an upper portion thereof a spur, gear-wheel in drivingconnection with said internal' gear-wheel, and upper and lower sets f of bobbins, the latter `being carried on the anl, v

`nular body revolubly in one direction, and

the upper set being carried b the upper portion of said annular body an being revoluble in a reversed direction, relatively to said annular body, a series of thread-carriers pertaining to the first set of bobbins, and means for imparting inward and outward swinging movements thereto.

7. In a braiding-machine, the combination of the standard, the annular body having a circular raceway, the set of bobbins 1, mounted on said annular body, a set of bobbin-carriers, fitted for revoluble movements in said raceway, a spur-gear located adjacent an upper part of the annular body and journaled for rotary movements independently thereof, an internal gear aiixed to an upper art of the annular body, a power-shaft B, avingv thereon a gear-wheel,a gear-wheel in mesh' with said last-mentioned gear-wheel and connected with said spur-gear, `another gearwheel on said power-shaft and an intermediate gear in mesh therewith andwith said internal gear, rack-teeth rovided to the sevrco'.

eral bobbin-carriers in t e raceway, and pinions journaled at an u per ortion ofthe said annular body, in mes wit the bobbin-carrier rack-teeth, and with said spur-gear.

8. In a braiding-machine, in combinatioi1` the central supporting-standard having/'an axially-located upwardly-extending ortion a., and having a spur gear-wheel c itte for rotation around said part a andhaving a larger spur gear-wheel d also fitted for rotation t ereabout, the annular body D rotatably fitted about said stand-ard having an annular raceway therein and provided with an internal gear-wheel h, a set of bobbins 2 and bobbin-carriers therefor movably fitted in said raceway, and having rack-toothed portions, a

set of bobbins 1 mounted on said annular body and revoluble therewith, a .series of pinions revolubl carried by, and journaled 1n, said annular od in mesh with and between said lspur gear-w eel d and the said racks of the bobbin-carriers', a power-shaft B yhaving a gear-wheel thereon, in mesh with the gearwheel c an through it driving said s ur gearwheel d and also having a gear-whee g thereon meshing with which -is an intermediate IIO gear-,wheel in driving connection with the internalgear-wheel h, a series of reciprocatory for imparting backward and forward movements thereto. ly 9. In a braiding-machine, 'in combination, the annular body rotatably mounted having the annular racewa and associated therewith the spur gear-w eel d, and provided with a set of bobbins 1 mounted thereon to be bod- ,Wheels concentrically journaled at an upper portion of the'annular body, between and in mesh wlth said `spur gear-wheel d and the rack-teeth of the said bobbin-carriers, and

certain of said spur-pinions having shafts m2 downwardly extended,rotary cams p for operating said thread-carriers, in driven connection with the said shafts m2. j.

10. In a braiding-machine, in combination, the rotary annular body having the annular `raceway m its upper ortion,`having a set of bobbins 2- and ob in-carriers individual thereto, movable around in said raceway, said carriers having rack-teeth, and said annular body having mounted thereon a set of bobbins 1,' and equipped with a series of slides radially movable having oppositelylocated studs t t, a series of thread-carriers, pertaining to the set of bobbins 1, bodily. carried by the annular body and jointed thereto for radially swinging movements relatively thereto, and connected with said slides, cams p located between said studs and having their shafts rotatably carried by said annular body and provided with gear-wheels 1', a set of spur gear wheels m journaled for rotation at an upper portion of the-annular body, in mesh with the rack-'teeth of said set of bobbin-carriers, and a number thereof lcorresponding to the number of the threadcarriers havingi downwardly-extended shafts, provided at their lower ortions with inionwheels u in mesh with t e said gear-w eels r, means for imparting rotary movement to the annular body, and means for imparting individual rotary movements to the series of pinions m, for the purposes set forth.

1 1. In a braiding-machine, in combination, the cylindrical standard vA provided with the external supporting-flange e and having the shaft B vertically journaled therethrough, the annular body D fitted for rotation about the said standard and supported on said flange, havin the annular raceway therein, a set of bobbins 2, and bobbin-carriers hav- Y ing rack-teeth` at their inner edges and mov- ,able in said racewa l, a spur gear-wheel d rotatable about an relatively to an upper portion of the cylindrical standard, a series of spur-pinions concentrically yarranged and journaled at an upper portion of the annular body and/between and in mesh with said'7o spur gear-wheel d and the rack-teeth of the bobbin-carriers, a set of bobbins 1 circularly arranged on, and movable with, the annular body, a set of thread-carriers supported by, and ointed to, said annular body, pertaining to the set of bobbins 1, means operated by the shaft B for rotating said spur gear-wheel d, means operated by the shaftB for rotating the annular body, and means for imparting inward and outward radially swinging movement to said thread-carriers.

12. In a braiding-machine, the combination with the rotatable annular body, sets of bobbins carried thereby and means for revolvin'g said sets in different directions, of thread-carriers pivotally mounted on said body, a continuously-rotating cam for each thread carrier and a radially -movable slide to transmit motion from each cam to its thread-carrier.

13. In a braiding-machine, the combination with the rotatable annular body, sets of bobbins carried thereby and meansfor revolving said sets in different directions, of thread-carriers pivotally mounted on said body, a continuously-rotating cam'for each thread-carrier to actuate'the latter, a shaft geared to each cam and gearing connecting said shaft to the means for revolving the' bobbin sets.

14. In a braiding-machine, the combination with the rotatable annular body, sets of bobbins carried thereby and means for revolving said sets in different directions, of thread-carriers pivotally mounted on saidbody, a continuously-rotating cam for each bobbins carried thereby and means for revolving said sets in different directions, of

thread-carriers pivotallymounted on said body, a cam for each carrier mounted on the body for rotation in a horizontal p lane, a shaft for each cam, a second shaft geared to the first-named shaft, and gearing connecting-the second shaft to the means for revolving the bobbin sets.'

Signed by me at Springfield, Massachusetts, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY W. LARSSON..

Witnesses:

` WM. S. BELLows, A. V. LEAHY.

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